As well as being an elected Assembly Member, and chair of the Assembly’s Environment and Sustainability Committee and Plaid Spokesperson on Sustainability, Dafydd Elis-Thomas is a member of the House of Lords and was previously a member of the House of Commons, and chair of the Welsh Language Board.
He was also a candidate for the European Parliament, director of Cynefin environmental consultancy, Keep Wales Tidy charity, Sgrin media partnership and a university tutor and lecturer. He still works closely with further and higher education as Chancellor of Bangor University and President of Coleg Llandrillo Menai.

He has lived in Snowdonia throughout his life, jogging and hill-walking. He was a member of the international committee of the British and Irish council of churches and is a regular communicant of the Church in Wales where he supports equality in the election of bishops!
A message from Lord Elis-Thomas.










